Very excited by the new additions. Inverse dye-sub makes this set really special! I'm also loving the new coloured melon slice novelty cap you designed, and especially loving the planck kit given that it has fuller sized ortholinear sets in mind. The only suggestion I can really make at this point would be to rename the "planck kit" to "ortho kit" for accuracy [edit: and maybe add an alternate colorway kit for the F row to have a complete green stripe?]. Nice work all round!

So wait...with the inverse dye sub, they will basically dye the whole cap a lighter colour first, then mask the lettering to dye a second time in the darker colour?

Sounds like a huge hassle lol

That's why it doesn't come up very often, but as the community demands more and more of manufacturers they figure out a way to make it work. Until recently one of the biggest advantages double-shot had over dye-subbed (apart from legend clarity) was the whole "you can't put lighter legends on darker caps" issue. Now it's just a question of quality control and keeping it cost effective. I'm keen to see the samples... and find out the cost

Very excited by the new additions. Inverse dye-sub makes this set really special! I'm also loving the new coloured melon slice novelty cap you designed, and especially loving the planck kit given that it has fuller sized ortholinear sets in mind.

The only suggestion I can really make at this point would be to rename the "planck kit" to "ortho kit" for accuracy [edit: and maybe add an alternate colorway kit for the F row to have a complete green stripe?]. ----Have already changed the name to "Ortho/Planck kit", thanks !

XDA caps can be rearranged anywhere because they are flat, right? If that's the case then you don't need a separate Colemak set, you would just need A homing row for the Dvorak/Colemak? Could that be rolled in with another set or base as you would only need four keys? HUNT.

XDA caps can be rearranged anywhere because they are flat, right? If that's the case then you don't need a separate Colemak set, you would just need A homing row for the Dvorak/Colemak? Could that be rolled in with another set or base as you would only need four keys? HUNT.

Yeah theyre all flat. And I that sounds like it would be cool to have d/c homing keys too. I know the xda milestone has those so it can be done for sure

I was just taking another look at the ortho/planck kit and realised that since the base kit includes all the TKL mods, the following keys are doubled up on for ortho users: up, down, left, right, page up, page down. You could probably either remove those from the ortho/planck kit or replace them with blanks.

At the moment I'm planning on buying the base kit, two of the 1U space keys kits, two ortho kits, and still undecided on the novelty kit. I'm really hoping those samples come through looking good

I voted on Massdrop but i'm not familiar with this type of poll system. Will ISO be available even if it doesn't get much votes or not?

Hi ! Thanks for your surpport!1.This vote is used for Opening Group Buy on MassDrop.2.There is no relationship between the votes of each kit and availability from Group Buy, it will be determined by author and MassDrop together AFAIK.

Updated on Aug 29th :1. Numpad Kit has been extended to match 21-key Mechanical Numpad. Thanks to tectonicplate@MassDrop ! 2. Samples won't be available this month due to the delay of manufacturer. Thank you !

We have been waiting for the samples ever since mid-July, which are supposed to be provided on August. However, the dye-sub manufacturer is busy with the orders which are much bigger than ours. Besides waiting for the samples, here is what we are doing : 1. Conmunicating with another manufacturer: Still need to confirm some details.2. Join the Keycap Design Contest on MassDrop: Submitted, wait for the reply by MD.

We can understand your feeling, and we are trying our best to make XDA Melon come to us. Thanks for your support and patience !

One question about the spacebars: are all of them convex (even the 1u)?No, the length ending with "X" means it is concave, while ending with "U" means convex. So, all the 1X and 1.25X spacebars are concave, the other spacebars are convex.

Updated on Oct 27th :1. Manufacturer has been changed to the one produces XDA Canvas and XDA GodSpeed. Thank you !

Updated on Aug 29th : 1. Numpad Kit has been extended to match 21-key Mechanical Numpad. Thanks to tectonicplate@MassDrop ! 2. Samples won't be available this month due to the delay of manufacturer. Thank you !

Updated on Aug 13th : 1. Gamer set has been added for MOBA/FPS games. Thank you !

Updated on Jul 6th : 1.Spacebars kit has been extended as suggested. Thank you for your support!

Updated on Jul 3rd : 1.We have decided to change the profile of Melon to XDA! 2.More kits & more novelties are available. We have designed 7 kits ,the planck kit will be added soon. 3. XDA Melon will be sold by kit. Any questions and suggestions are welcomed!

Thank you for viewing!

Here comes a keyset designed by several mechanical keyborad fans from China. It is inspired by a cartoon character named Diana in Little Witch Academia, whose hair is almost the same color as hami-melon in China.

I would be grateful for any ideas or suggestions you have ,thank you very much !

UPDATED ON Jul 1st : We are sorry to tell you that the group buy will not open on July 5th, because the collaboration with MAXKEY will not continue for some reasons! Apologize for this again !UPDATED ON JUN 25TH: 1.Renders completed !2. Questionnaire of MAXKEY SA Melon Group Buy 3.Group Buy will open on Jul 5th ! Thank you !UPDATED ON JUN 15TH: Design completed ! To avoid investing too much with few outputs, 1. Give up ~` |\ in Mod's color , while retaining the number 0 in Alphas's color for a huger demand. 2.Reduce the colors of Novelties kit from 4 to 2, in order to get a lower price on this kit. 3. Working on renders now,will be updated soon. Thank you !UPDATED ON JUN 13TH: 1.The color of Modifiers has been changed ,as well as the color of Novelties. 2. Open poll on MassDrop :https://www.massdrop.com/vote/-Product-SA-Melon-keyset-produced-by-MaxKeysThank you !UPDATE ON JUN 11TH: 1.The color of Base has been changed for a more unified style. 2. Add an orange 1U ESC novelty . Thank you !UPDATED ON JUN 10TH: 1.The color of 1U "0" in Non Standard Adapter kit has been changed to be the same as the color of alphas. 2. The font size of Enter key has been reduced to 2/3 of original to make it seem much simple and clean. 3. The size of the flower in Novelties has been reduced a little . Thank you !UPDATED ON JUN 8TH: 1.The picture of non standard adapter kit has been added. 2.The SA profile is 112343. Thank you !UPDATED ON JUN 7TH: 1.Design confirmed with pictures updated below(some non-stand keycaps will be added later), and renders are started to create. 2.Probably choose MAXKEY as manufacturer due to a shorter time to wait, as well as a lower price. 3.Groupbuy website preference: please tell us which one (except MD) do you like . Thank you ! UPDATED ON JUN 4TH: We have connected MAXKEY, they are able to make this keyset unless: 1. A little change in novelties, such as no stripe in ESC and ENTER novelties. 2. MOQ >= 200. 3. must be sold as one set. The good news is that the price would probably under $100 exclude PP&shipping fee.Questionnaire of MAXKEY SA Melon Group Buy